Smoking while pregnant increases the risk of miscarriage (and of birth defects), and West Virginia is doing something about it -- the state plans to begin with a seven month blitz of ads; if that doesn't work, they may introduce legislation. Apparently, more than 27% of pregnant West Virginians smoked last year. Has anyone seen the ads? I am not sold on the efficacy of any such legislation? What do you think?

British woman miscarries while suffering work-related stress. It's hard to figure out what happened from the story, so I'll just post the article. Here, the woman appears to have been full-term (since November is referred to as the month after the baby was due, and the stress seems to have occurred in late October, with the loss coming on Halloween).

About Me

P and I got married in the summer of 2005, three years after we got engaged. We started trying to conceive two years later and were incredibly lucky to succeed on the first try. Sadly, it wasn't meant to be, as there was something wrong with the baby's heart and it stopped beating. Miscarriage is super common, but we were still shocked it happened to us. This is our story -- a story of loss, trying again, and life in general.